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Old 12-17-2008, 01:18 PM  
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Originally Posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle View Post
I don't know a lot about guns, but if I remember correctly, the AK would have been the better choice for the US soldiers in Vietnam over the M16s they were carrying as it is more reliable in the type of conditions they were in. So maybe that adds another level of irony to the whole thing.
I read an article about US soldiers in Iraq picking up AKs and fighting with them instead because of their reliability in desert conditions. Big downside would be that they sound different, thus increasing the chance of friendly fire incidents.
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